Archive for March, 2009

Team news

Buzzin’

The MLS season previews are pouring in (yeah the season actually starts in just 3 days, wow!!!) and the pundits seem pretty impressed by what they see happening out here at Rio Tinto. From Ives hyping us as his Western Conference pick and Shaka Hislop singing our praises (video below), to Kyle McCarthy and the [...]

Merchandise, Team news

Coming in by the truckload…

The RSL merch crew is receiving fresh 2009 merchandise on a seemingly daily basis. It seems like everyday we talk to them, they’re putting some new gearon the shelves. There’s definitely some great new stuff that we’re excited to be getting out there. With the home opener just about 2 weeks away (and this weekend’s [...]

Team news

Garth’s Take – Part I

It was a travel day for the team yesterday and that gave us a perfect opportunity to pick Garth’s brain a bit about the contents of his squad. We played a bit of a word association game with the GM, mentioning players individually and asking him to give us his “stream of consciousness” responses about [...]

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FINAL from Charleston – RSL 2:1 TFC – 2009 CCC Champions!!!

Well that’s a wrap folks. RSL capitalized on some quality play over the last week to earn themselves the Carolina Challenge Cup in their first ever try. The guys have got to be pleased with the way things are coming together here in the latter stages of the preseason. It’ll certainly be nice to add [...]

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Chasin’ Some Hardware

Real Salt Lake will be chasing its first trophy of the 2009 season today as they play Toronto FC in the de facto championship game of the Carolina Challenge Cup at 3:00 p.m. MT. RSL and Toronto both enter today’s title match unbeaten in CCC play. First year entrants RSL kicked off the round robin [...]

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Men, Women, we’ve got it all…

RSL announced this afternoon that Rio Tinto Stadium will add the U.S. Women’s National Team to its calendar of events for this summer with the defending Olympic champs slated to take on Japan on May 23. The match marks the second trip to Utah for the Women’s squad after their 5-0 victory over Ireland at [...]

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A little ExtraTimey RSL love…

Greg and Shep are back again and this time they’ve got their 2009 Western Conference predictions for all of us. Take a gander at the video below to see if they throw RSL any props (okay, we probably gave it away with the title, but they definitely do like what’s happening out here at Rio [...]

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Tickets, Chili & Bikes… We’re In!!! (Reminder, it’s gonna be goooooood!!!)

Just a reminder that tomorrow starting at 12:00 p.m., RSL Season Ticket holders can join us out here at Rio Tinto Stadium to pick up their tickets for the 2009 MLS season. That’s fun and all, but it’s really just the beginning of the Saturday festivities this week as we’ve got a slew of things [...]

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Live CCC Updates – Real Salt Lake 2 : 1 Charleston Battery – FINAL

As great as 2008 was, we never had the chance to say this last year… it’s two victories in a row for Real Salt Lake! Utah’s team traded free kick goals with the Charleston Battery before seeing captain Kyle Beckerman hit a tremendous game-winner in the 77th minute, lifting RSL to a 2-1 victory over [...]

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Watch RSL v. Battery Tonight Online!

Good news for everyone wanting to catch their first full-match glimpse of the 2009 Claret-and-Cobalt, as our friends at Toronto FC have just informed us that they will be streaming BOTH of today’s Carolina Challenge Cup contests through their Toronto FC TV website. Make sure to come on back to Behind the Shield closer to [...]

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